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New Jersey State Archives
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P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Morris County - Clerk's Office
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Morris County was formed from the northern portions of original Hunterdon County on 15 March 1739. Consult the Hunterdon County page linked below for pre-1739 records.
County clerks were required by law to file copies of deeds beginning in 1785 and mortgages beginning in 1766. Consult the Secretary of State page linked below for colonial deed filings.
Recording of wills and estate inventories at the county level began in 1804. Orphans Courts were established in 1785. Consult the Secretary of State page linked below for original estate records for the 1660s-1900 period.
The State Archives' holdings vary from county to county. Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about our accessioning guidelines.
Consult the Organizational Chart for Pre-1948 Court System for information on court jurisdictions.
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Series:
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1773-1909
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Control #:
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CMRCL001
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Format:
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44 c.f. (88 boxes and 6 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Books are numbered
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Series:
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Deeds, 1785-1885 and Indexes, 1785-1950
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Control #:
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CMRCL002
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Format:
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225 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Miscellaneous Records, Volume A, 1876-1925
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Control #:
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CMRCL003
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Index to Mortgages, 1765-1926
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Control #:
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CMRCL004
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Format:
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7 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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State Archives has film of indexes only.
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Marriage Records, 1795-1919
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Control #:
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CMRCL005
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Format:
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7 reels (35-mm)
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Ancient Deeds, 1871-1962
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CMRCL006
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Oaths of Justices of the Peace, 1880-1948
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Control #:
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CMRCL007
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Chronological
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Morris County
Court of Common Pleas
Minutes, 1740-1866
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Control #:
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CMRCP001
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Format:
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12 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Morris County
Court of Common Pleas
Naturalization Records, 1816-1906
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Control #:
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CMRCP002
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Format:
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29 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Morris County
Probation Office
First Report, 1917
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Control #:
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CMRPR001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 report)
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Notes:
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Report of the office's first two and one-half years ending in June 1917.
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Series:
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Morris County
Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Petition of Robert Robertson for a Brief for Charity, 1771
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Control #:
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CMRQU001
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 item)
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Series:
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Morris County
Sheriff E. W. Cory
Transcription of Account of Sales, 1887-1906
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Control #:
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CMRSH001
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Format:
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0.05 c.f. (1 item)
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Series:
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Morris County
Surrogate's Office
Orphans Court Case File on Estate of William Meier, 1895-1943
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Control #:
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CMRSU001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 45.76 c.f. of paper records and
282 reels of microfilm ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov
For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:
Morris County Clerk's Office, Hall of Records Administration Building,
10 Court Street, Morristown, NJ 07963-0315, tel. 973-285-6059,
website: www.morriscountyclerk.org
Morris County Surrogate's Office, Administrative and Records Building, 5th Floor, PO Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963-0900, tel. 973-285-6491, website: www.morrissurrogate.com
Morris County Archives, 300 Mendham Road, P.O. Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963-0900, tel. 973-829-8114, website: http://www.co.morris.nj.us/mchc/archives.html
This page last updated 04/23/2013
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